TORONTO, Jan. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Toronto Star Short Story contest opens tomorrow and invites all aspiring published authors to take part. The winning stories will be published in the ...

Ain’t life grand? That’s what Stories On Stage artistic director Anthony Powell thinks, and his group has just announced a new writing contest with that theme. Stories on Stage is looking for upbeat ...

Competition deadline: 31st May 2026 The Bridport Short Story Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the literary ...

Visitors can print a randomly-selected story by pressing a button on Waldo Library's Story Machine. Submissions are limited to 7,500 characters maximum (including spaces) and are due by Sunday, Nov. 2 ...

The Pioneer Library System has announced the finalists for The Big Read: Old School Short Story Writing Contest. The winners for a high school division and a college division will be selected by ...

This year's contest, which focused on mystery/suspense writing and was judged by News reporters and editors, elicited some truly clever plots. Of the grand-prize winning story, "Luna Island," one ...

I struggled to get my first novel, “The Beasts They Turned Away,” published. It was set on a dairy farm, embraced the Gothic, and included a lot of details about agriculture. It took a year and a half ...